Stupidist things youve heard people say

[YingDerpington]

"What's Germany?" - Justin Bieber
"I didn't know the world was round!" - Random Host on The View
"What's the point of studying history they're all dead anyway" - A girl on the school bus several months ago
"Who's Kurt Cobain?" - Girl on facebook who had a Nirvana shirt on in her Display Picture.

There are much worse ones but they all compound into one now.

 

[Abomination]

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

I don't see how that is a stupid question. The answer would be "It depends on the quality and the length of the video, then factor in to it the speed of your internet connection."

The question was likely from a position of ignorance as how to computers and the internet works, not stupidity.

Driving to work one day this conversation took place when discussing adoption and homosexuality on the radio.

"I think homosexuality is just as bad as incest for the child!"
"Why do you think that, sir?"
"For a start the Bible teaches us that we are all children of god and started with Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve."
"You do realise that Adam and Eve supposedly had only two sons, right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"What were you saying about incest and homosexuality before?"
"That they're both as bad!" - This is when the presenter let a laugh out but contained himself quite quickly.
"You don't see how Genesis might put a fly in that particular ointment?"
"It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve! It wasn't gay! They were married! Man and woman! How God intended!"
"And they had two sons. Who, in order to have more children, must have had sex with..?" - At this time the presenter was struggling to contain his chuckles.
"Women! Their wives!" - Presenter couldn't stop himself here and just burst out laughing.
"I will not stand for you making fun of God's plan! You should all be ashamed! This place will go to Hell, just you see!" - and he hung up.

 

[Fuzzed]

I dont mean this to be a hate thread...people both smart and dumb somtimes say the most hilarious things

my example is from my mum a couple of days ago....we were in the city and I met up with her and dad after visiting the comicbook store, I took one out while we were waiting for my brother and she casually asked

"do you read them?"

I had to pause and then say "no...I throw them in the trash" she then said "well I dont know mabye you just looked at the pictures" she then addmitted it was a pretty dumb thing to say

So, what you're saying is you just look at the pictures.

 

[Beautiful End]

"What's armor?", said my boss when I was talking about my Halloween costume.

She's cool, though.

Also, "What do you mean this game is $5.25! It clearly says here it's $4.99!" We're in Texas, by the way, and this guy didn't look like a foreigner.

I've also met a lot of people at work who have asked me plenty of dumb questions but not because they're as dumb as dirt, but because they probably didn't know any better. Things such as "Do you have a Mario game for the PS3?" and "What's DLC?". So that's all I got so far.

 

[Fuzzed]

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

Did the man ask you or were you reading something? Not clear on this one. Or maybe the two remarks you said to the man were the stupidest things you've ever heard.

 

[Fuzzed]

I remember I was at the zoo years ago and there were a couple of girls who had to be at least in their late teens looking at a display containing poison dart frogs, and I heard one of them seriously ask "How do they throw darts?"

I've probably heard stupider things than this, but it comes to mind.

Ya, ya, pretty funny. But come on, seriously tell us: How do they throw darts?

 

[his1nightmare]

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

Did the man ask you or were you reading something? Not clear on this one. Or maybe the two remarks you said to the man were the stupidest things you've ever heard.

They were my reactions to his questions.

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

I don't see how that is a stupid question. The answer would be "It depends on the quality and the length of the video, then factor in to it the speed of your internet connection."

The question was likely from a position of ignorance as how to computers and the internet works, not stupidity.

While you are right, ignorance at such a level, at the time of our information technology-based generation... was reason enough for me to flame. That it wasn't idiocy by definiton I won't deny.

 

[hazabaza1]

Also, "What do you mean this game is $5.25! It clearly says here it's $4.99!" We're in Texas, by the way, and this guy didn't look like a foreigner.

That seems like a reasonable question. Though I'm over in England here, maybe currency works different in Texas?

OT:Said it before, say it again... "Is Indian a religion?"

 

[Beautiful End]

Also, "What do you mean this game is $5.25! It clearly says here it's $4.99!" We're in Texas, by the way, and this guy didn't look like a foreigner.

That seems like a reasonable question. Though I'm over in England here, maybe currency works different in Texas?

OT:Said it before, say it again... "Is Indian a religion?"

Oh, well, if I would have noticed this guy was from outside the US, I'd be fine with it. I try to be reasonable with people. (Although it's still weird; it would be almost as if he just set foot in the US and the first thing he did was run to the nearest videogame store to buy a cheap game).

Okay, there are some states here in the US that don't charge tax. Places like Oregon or Montana or Alaska don't charge sales tax. So if an item is advertized at $4.99, you only pay $4.99. The rest of the US, though charges sales tax; 8 cents or so per dollar (and by that logic, I realized the item this guy was complaining about was probably like $5.40). Of course, the cost of living is higher in those sales-tax free states.

In this region I'm at, the only neighbor states are New Mexico and... a lot of Texas. And Mexico. He had a Texan accent, though.
He COULD have been from Mexico because they don't charge taxes there. But again, it's not like he just came to the US to buy a cheap game and only that.

I dunno, it was kind of a silly question to me.

 

[lechat]

had a relatively smart accountant friend that was known for his dumb views on basically anything not related to maths or geography

*dog starts howling at police siren*
"they do that because they know someone died"

"a dead body weighs more than a live one. trust me you will believe it if you ever try and lift one"

One man once asked me: "How long does it take to upload a video on Youtube?"
Me: "This is the most stupid thing I've ever read."
He: "Why?"
Me: "This is the second most stupid thing I've ever read."

once had someone ask me how big a picture (jpeg) was to which i replied
"how long is a piece of string?"

also this is one that always bugs me
there was a scene in the TV show alias where the team have to infiltrate a data storage center. conversation goes roughly like this
"are you sure you can store all our data?"
"yeah we can store all your data here"
"you sure? we need to store multiple gigabites"
"well thats ok because here we can store multiple terraflops"

that one always bugged me cause alias was known for its fairly accurate handling of tech. to those who don't get it don't feel bad but a gigabyte is a measure of storage and a terraflop is a measure of calculation or speed. it would be similar to saying
"we need a big car"
"no worries our cars can go 200 km per hour"

 

[Gabanuka]

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Wait. You guys dont add tax to the shown price?

Why the hell not?

 

[Abomination]

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Wait. You guys dont add tax to the shown price?

Why the hell not?

Because 'murica, apparently.

Because lying to the consumer seems to be a national pastime.

Because they need an excuse to keep the penny in circulation because Abe Lincoln was the best president everrrrrrr!!!!111

 

[Aaron Sylvester]

There are a number of people out there who firmly believe that the human eye cannot tell the difference between 30 fps, 60 fps or 120 fps (fps = frames per second or framerate) when it comes to watching videos or even playing videogames.

So I'll still keep this "30 fps myth" at the back of my mind as one of the stupidest things people can say, and one of the stupidest arguments one can make. Having used a 120hz monitor over the past year, the difference is so mind-blowingly obvious it's not even funny

 

[Calibanbutcher]

The thread title comes close...
(Sorry, couldn't help myself)


Ok, in all honesty:

"Hell is not a part of the catholic faith because it's not in the bible."
OR:
"The (roman-catholic) church was the first institution to empower women and give them rights."

 

[Apollo45]

Wait. You guys dont add tax to the shown price?

Why the hell not?

Because 'murica, apparently.

Because lying to the consumer seems to be a national pastime.

Because they need an excuse to keep the penny in circulation because Abe Lincoln was the best president everrrrrrr!!!!111

Because sales price is a state-controlled thing, and varies not only from state to state but from county to county within the US. Since products are shipped all over the country, and many products either have the price set on the package or are priced within the chain stores which can span the entire nation, having a set price for an item makes stocking the items cheaper and easier than having to calculate out all the variations and whatnot. It means corporate can say "this item is $5.99" to everyone, everyone can place the "$5.99" label on it, and we consider it to be $5.99+tax, instead of corporate saying "over here the item is $6.12, but the store down the road is at $6.10, and you're $6.09..." and so on. At the end the cash register adds up the sales tax off the total you're spending and gives you a number. It's a slightly more efficient way to do things over here.

On topic, does the guy I quoted count? (Joking, joking.)

More seriously, I recently heard a guy comparing both gun owners and people with mental illnesses to rapists. More specifically, he compared people with mental illnesses to incestual rapists and gun owners to child rapists. Kinda wanted to slap the guy, to be honest. There have been other stupid things I've heard said, but that's the one that jumps out at me for the moment.

 

[Colour Scientist]

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Wait. You guys dont add tax to the shown price?

Why the hell not?

Yeah, this.
I get very confused paying for stuff anytime I go to the States.

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Explain, America!

OP: My default answer is still "oh my god, did you here about the tidal wave in tsunami?!". My friend's sister when the tsunami in Thailand happened.

 

[Abomination]

It's a slightly more efficient way to do things over here.

I don't see how having different taxes for different COUNTIES is a more efficient way to do anything. Transparency of cost is such an important fiscal growth system.

That being said I see how it is a way to deal with the problem imposed by different taxation systems in varying areas of a state... but there can't be that many differing tax systems to make printing a few different labels such a budget burden?

On topic, does the guy I quoted count? (Joking, joking.)

/glare&pout

 

[endplanets]

Me: "blah blah Asian people, like Ghandi/Jesus/Stalin"
Tim: "Ghandi/Jesus/Stalin isn't Asian"
Me: "He was born in India/Nazareth/Georgia. Which is in Asia"
Tim: "But that doesn't mean he is Asian"

Also:
Me: "Welcome to our school new kid. What is that flag on your backpack?"
New kid: "Oh, its the flag of Egypt. My parents are from there."
Me: "So that means that (joking tone) you are African American?"
New kid: "(joking tone) yep.I get that a lot."
Tom: "She is not African American."

Bob: "Obama isn't black. Not like Frederick Douglas" (we had learned earlier that same day that Frederick Douglass's dad was his master.)

 

[TheFunPolice]

"What's 'Basketball' in German?"

"German? What's that? We don't say that in America...But I like Basketball if that's what you're asking!" - Justin Bieber....

I had some seriously bad skull fractures from all the face-desking